Day: June 25, 2020

Weekly Previews

Week of June 29: Slow start and fireworks finish

1) “A Capitol Fourth” (shown here in a previous year), 8 p.m. Saturday, PBS, rerunning at 9:30. For the second time, a big-deal event gets a social-distance twist. The National Memorial Day Concert skillfully mixed new music (taped in Washington and beyond) and past highlights. This has some of the same people (Trace Adkins, Kelli O’Hara, Renee Fleming), adding Patti LaBelle, John Fogerty, Yolanda Adams, Andy Grammer, Brantley Gilbert, Mandy Gonzalez, Brian Stokes Mitchell, the Temptations, tributes and fireworks. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / June 25, 2020

Daily Best Bets

Best-bets for June 27: Rogue cops are fun … or not

1) “Lethal Weapon.” all day, AMC. We used to think rule-breaking cops were kind of fun. That era returns with four films that have Danny Glover and Mel Gibson (shown here) as mismatched partners. They’re at 12:30 p.m. (1987), 3 (1989), 5:30 (1992) ad 8 (1998). At 11 p.m.is a “Line of Duty” episode that debuted in England in 2016, but reflects current crises: Last week, the Armed Response Unit was called in and ended up killing the suspect. In this hour (the second of six), some tips aid the investigation. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / June 25, 2020